- Conference
- 2022 Water, Environment & Transport Conference
- Date
- 22 February 2022
- Decision
- Carried
Conference notes that the proposed revisions to the WET constitution have been overseen by the WET Executive and in particular by the policy sub-group, which is made up of representatives of all WET sectors. The key changes to the constitution can be found on:
a. Page 2, sub-section 3.3: Sector seats reduced to 3 instead of 4. To reflect 3 sectors (Water, Environment and Transport) of the service group.
b. Page 3, sub-section 3.4: Transport seats amended to increase to 5 seats elected from membership group, with 1 seat appointed from the sector group committee
c. Page 3, sub-section 4.1; Transport seats revised to be elected to on the basis of 1 Male seat, 1 Female seat, 3 General seats
d. Page 3, sub-section 5.1: Clarity to the NEC role to ensure it aligns with UNISON rules.
e. Page 10, sub-section 10.2: ‘Services’ changed to ‘Sectors’
The Constitution is included with the conference papers as Appendix A.
This motion calls on conference to approve the proposed changes to the WET constitution as set out above, and for the WET Executive to communicate the proposed changes to the NEC to seek final approval.